Atlanta is the only city in North America that has been destroyed by fire as an act of war. (Rhett and Scarlett were there!). It's also home to the Atlanta Ballet, the oldest ballet company in the nation.

Dr Martin Luther King started the worldwide civil rights movement in Atlanta. The Centennial Olympic Games were held here in 1996. Atlanta's teacher-student ratio of 13.1 to 1 is one of the highest in the country.